How to Use brass instrument in a Sentence

brass instrument

noun
  • Most of the brass instrument guys at the time were the ones who played at funerals!
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Then the sounds of chanting and brass instruments fill the air as bands play songs composed specifically for the day.
    — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 20 Mar. 2017
  • In its first movement, the low brass instruments covered other sections.
    — Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • And outside, protesters let their brass instruments do the talking.
    — Christina Capatides, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The lobby has an art installation of brass instruments in honor of the city’s jazz heritage.
    — Nancy Trejos, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Some musicians insert them into the ends of their brass instruments to modify their sound.
    — Karla Cripps, CNN, 10 July 2019
  • Masks are mandatory for all except when eating, drinking, or playing a wind or brass instrument.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The strings are seated onstage, while the wind and brass instruments are scattered along the sides and back of the auditorium.
    — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Armstrong purchased his first cornet (a brass instrument shorter and wider than a trumpet) with money loaned from the Karnofskys.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2021
  • In and among the many strings Sunday could be spotted plenty of pianists and vocalists as well as woodwind and brass instruments of every type.
    — Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Growing up in Anaheim, the Fennell brothers were brass instrument players from boyhood.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2019
  • In a traditional band, tubas and other low brass instruments largely serve as a foundation to support melodies played by lighter flutes, clarinets and trumpets.
    — Sarah Gantz, baltimoresun.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The predominant brass instrument is conical, such as a French horn, as opposed to the cylindrical bore of a trombone.
    — Chris Varias, The Enquirer, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Shnurov describes Leningrad’s original sound as a mixture of vampire rock mixed with Soviet prison music and brass instruments to give it punch.
    — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • More often than not, those first few years of the series presented the kind of music built on guitar, piano, violin, brass instrument or some combination.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The tuba is an upright brass instrument, whereas the sousaphone performer enters the opening of the instrument — head first — and the tubing rests on his/her left shoulder, bell front.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Local culture is tastefully celebrated throughout, from snare drums used as coffee tables in the ground floor parlor to the second line brass instruments hanging above beds in each guest room.
    — Lindsey Tramuta, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2018
  • And yet Timmy Trumpet has made a (literal) name for himself with productions that marry big room productions with the brass instrument.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Because the virus is sent into the air by talking, coughing, and singing—any forcible exhalation of air through the pharynx—playing a woodwind or brass instrument would logically pose a risk.
    — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Kacie Wright manages Houghton Horns, a brass instrument specialty shop near Fort Worth, Texas.
    — Andrew Schneider, NPR, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Frank had made a similar photograph in 1952, in Spain, capturing a man with his face partially obscured by the bell of a brass instrument.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019
  • This score reminded me a lot of classic Hollywood films from the ‘50s and ‘60s and even some James Bond films with the big brass instruments.
    — Bianca Gracie, Billboard, 11 June 2018
  • Thousands of costumed chefs, milk maidens, and soldiers play wooden barrel drums and brass instruments for 24 hours for La Tamborrada.
    — National Geographic, 31 Dec. 2019
  • The 46-year-old Merry TubaChristmas is a feel-good holiday tradition that offers throaty brass instruments a rare chance to take center stage.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2019
  • In addition to playing the euphonium, a low brass instrument, Kumiko counsels the freshmen and encourages everyone.
    — Charles Solomon, latimes.com, 10 July 2019
  • Nicknamed the Mitchel Telescope after the Observatory’s founder, this 16-foot-long, mahogany and brass instrument is a true work of art and science.
    — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Ranging in age from 14 to 21, the performers make up the horn line (brass instruments such as trumpet, tuba and trombone), percussion (drums, cymbals, keyboards and more) and color guard.
    — Anne Dunlap, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 July 2018
  • Orchestras of the time were not a static phenomenon, but an evolving one, making use of the latest evolving technology as regards the woodwind and brass instruments, rather as Beethoven’s symphonies evolved.
    — John Eliot Gardiner, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • According to the National Park Service, a young Armstrong worked for the family who owned the shop and loaned the future jazz legend money to buy his first cornet -- a brass instrument that resembles a small trumpet.
    — Deena Zaru, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2021

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